The Villain Changed the Ending

100 bloody men

***[Heroine Oscar]***

Without entering the guest room, I stood outside the door and quietly listened to the women’s voices. The attendant left the door slightly open for me.

“…That man needs to be especially careful. He’s rumored to be pregnant just by holding hands. Regardless of who he is, even just standing next to him will cause bad rumors.”

“That’s great. How the hell can I do that?”

“This is not the time to be curious, ma’am. I told you what his face looked like? Can you tell me the characteristics?”

“He had light brown hair, thin lips, a habit of squinting one eye, and the most distinctive thing was the hand-to-hand contact.”

“Yes. You remembered it well. This time, I will imitate it, so please watch the movements. It is much faster for the eyes to get used to it than to remember it with the head.”

Catherine giggles.

Seeing Countess Becker mimicking the behavior of a man was very interesting.

“This man may seem harmless, but he’s known for stealing women’s hearts. He’s really good at talking to the heart. I don’t think anyone knows women’s hearts better than this man.”

“He has a very wide range of temptations, from women who have just debuted to women who are older like me.”

“It’s great that he doesn’t seem flirting at all. The problem is that he has a natural conversation and then gets intimate without knowing it. That’s his trick.”

Countess Becker and the counselor’s wives take turns advising Catherine.

I heard you made a list of men and women to watch out for at this banquet.

However, there are too many of them, so only the really important people of interest are separately collected and put into their heads like that.

The crown prince hadn’t told Catherine yet.

Catherine is too close to Anne.

Since they talked about deep secrets without hesitation, there was a possibility that someone might steal them.

It’s difficult when rumors about it go wrong.

Rumors like that aren’t good for the Crown Prince or Catherine.

Once strange rumors are established between the two of you, even the slightest thing, such as an eye contact or a smile, will cause people to whisper maliciously.

If such whispering is repeated and widespread, it can become a dead end in the future.

When not, there is smoke in the chimney.

‘Besides, sometimes Catherine can’t hide her expression.’

If you know the story of the crown prince, chances are you’ll overreact to his every move.

Perhaps because she only looked at me and ran to me, she seems particularly clumsy when it comes to relationships between men and women, and everyone agreed that it would be better if she didn’t know at all.

Instead, the burden on the person next to him increased.

Catherine is carefree, but the hearts of the wives who teach her will be very nervous and nervous.

“Madam, you must also be careful with Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

“ah!”

“…”

Katrin made a sound as if she knew something.

The silence of the wives could be felt through the door.

“Ma’am, your reaction is a bit odd. Did you hear any rumors?”

It is the voice of Countess Becker.

“… that… the baron lady…”

I couldn’t hear the back of Katrin’s voice.

The rest seemed to be whispered in Countess Becker’s ear.

“You shouldn’t say such things. Attacking like a beast, such inelegant words should not come out of the mouth of the Duchess.”

like a beast

‘Catherine, where did you hear that?’

It seems that all she heard was the story of a well-known baroness lady.

I was a little relieved and turned around.

The door closed soundlessly, and the women’s voices were barely audible.

‘It’s finally tomorrow.’

This New Year’s banquet is her first stage as a proper duchess.

For that reason, Catherine seems to have high expectations for this banquet.

I heard that he was enthusiastic without saying a word about his weakness despite his extremely difficult schedule and study.

If you picture in your head what it looked like when you were standing side by side with me, your body, which had been struggling, would suddenly gain strength.

Thanks to her spiritedness, I feel energized as well.

On my way to the office, the butler walked towards me with a busy pace.

“Master, we just received a new change to the attendee list from our side of the palace.”

I already have a list of families attending the New Year’s banquet.

Usually, the attending family and the actual attending family are almost the same, and unless it is an important family, it is not known to me in this way.

However, it seems that there is something strange about the fact that he has been contacting me.

The butler stayed by my side and continued talking as we walked together.

“It looks like the eight families haven’t arrived at the capital yet.”

“Are the families related to us?”

“No. It’s not a place that has ties to the ducal family, for better or for worse. All of them are bad rumors, poor, or not very good places.”

“…”

Suddenly, my steps stopped.

My face was automatically furrowed.

If you deliberately tell the story of a family that has nothing to do with us.

“Do you think it’s related to the increasing number of monsters?”

“Our secretary at the palace seems to have thought so. I also looked at the family names and looked at the past, and it is clear that some families did not often hunt beasts for one reason or another.”

“…”

“Of course, we don’t know exactly yet. It could just be because of the snow.”

“well.”

This year, it snowed even before leaving for the royal road, so everyone must have started early.

The hope that it will be because of the snow is thin.

Later that night, another report came up about the eight families that had not reached the capital.

But none of them reached the royal capital.

no one arrived

*

The next day, long after lunch, I headed to the palace with Catherine.

Today she is exceptionally beautiful.

A silver dress, the color of my hair, was wrapped around my body, and jewels of teal, the color of my eyes, were placed on my white skin.

To show in everyone’s eyes that she is my woman.

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Just by looking at her appearance, you can tell how much the people in the duke’s family snorted and worked hard.

It was that beautiful.

As if a snow fairy had descended to earth.

When I said that just before arriving at the palace, Catherine pushed her reddened face forward.

The eyes are closed and only the mouth comes out like an octopus.

Maybe this is wanting a kiss.

‘But Katrin, you’re too moody.’

Rather than wanting to kiss something, I just laughed.

Until now, it seemed like he was always waiting for me to do something, but now he seems to be tired of waiting.

It seems that he decided to act on his own.

I pressed my finger on Catherine’s pouting octopus lips.

“town!”

Catherine opened her eyes in a flash and her cheeks puffed out.

It seems dissatisfied.

Well, it’s not that I don’t understand the feelings of a girl who wants to become an adult quickly, but this is morally bad.

to me.

The common sense of the earth continues to put restrictions on my mind.

This child is still a child.

‘It’s actually like that.’

I rubbed Catherine’s slightly softened lips with my finger to make them pretty, but the carriage stopped.

I lightly kissed Catherine’s white forehead.

“Catherine, I’ll wait until you grow up, so there’s no need to rush.”

As if I had timed it right, the carriage door opened as soon as I separated my lips and straightened my body.

The location of the carriages in the palace differs according to the rank of the family.

The higher the title, the closer to the front gate, and the lower the position, the more the seat is pushed to the side.

Since the gates of the royal palace are not only located in the front, just because they are close to the center does not mean they are unconditionally high in status.

I don’t know the details, but according to the royal family’s law, the place where each family stood was determined.

The duke’s house is, of course, a place where you can see the front gate right away.

Before getting off the carriage, I turned my eyes to check, and Countess Becker and the counselor’s wives were standing inside the building.

It seems they have been waiting for us to arrive.

There were also a few other people around them.

Curious glances poured out of me and towards Catherine.

‘this.’

I looked at Katrin and smiled inwardly.

Katrin’s action as she took my hand and got off the carriage was stiff like a robot.

The red cheeks and moist eyes seemed to tell us that the two of us were doing something suspicious in the carriage.

‘Well, I thought directing an appearance like this would be good to appeal to our relationship.’

The fact that our couple is too young is a stumbling block.

Besides appearing readily available, it gives the illusion that there is room for someone else to dig in between the two.

Besides, someone might have noticed that the Crown Prince’s attack on the Baroness Lady was because of her resemblance to Catherine.

Considering all these things, I thought it would be best to show an intimate side, but maybe the effect was too much.

‘How can I kiss while being so shy?’

I smiled and walked alongside her.

Seeing Countess Becker’s face seemed to calm her mind a little.

Katrin’s behavior, which was like a wooden doll, gradually softened like a human.

As I and Katrin got closer, the wives bowed politely.

After a simple greeting, we head towards the hall, and the wives walk behind Katrin and me.

I thought it looked like the hem of a long veil hanging behind a bride entering a wedding hall.

*

As soon as I entered the hall, the royal family entered the banquet hall immediately after me.

There was no time to exchange greetings with other nobles.

“…”

Normally, they enter with a certain difference.

Never had the royal family come in so hastily.

I thought maybe it was to avoid giving me time to be noticed by other nobles.

The king praised the nobles for walking to the royal capital with a livelier voice than usual.

After the king’s greeting to celebrate the new year, the musicians play cheerful music.

The banquet hall was just as gorgeous as last year.

Rather, it seems that I paid more attention this year.

Some of the droopy curtains and ornaments had been replaced with more ornate ones.

‘If that fact is open to my eyes, I must have spent a lot of money.’

It must be because the marriage of a foreign princess and crown prince is going through difficulties, and my nerves are sharpened by the fact that my reputation is increasing day by day.

Maybe it’s because of what I warned about the increase in the number of monsters.

Anyway, it seems that the royal family secretly wanted to show that they have more power than the duchy.

‘ha.’

However, it would have been better to openly warn about the Witchbeast rather than worrying about it.

However, the king still did not inform the nobles about the witch beast.

It seems that the area where the number of monsters increased is being investigated.

However, finding out about the affairs of other territories is something that even the king is cautious about, and it slows down the process.

Families that did not arrive at the capital may not have been able to come up because they were dealing with the increased number of monsters.

The king’s actions made him feel frustrated.

The King and Queen were dancing their first dance in the center of the hall.

The Wang couple’s dance is almost over halfway through.

I watched it silently and turned my body to the side.

Katrin stands still, but her feet seem to be moving already.

As much as she was looking forward to this banquet, I heard that the dance class is also enthusiastic.

I politely bent over and spoke to Katrin.

“Would you give me the honor to dance with you, beautiful lady?”

“Gladly.”

Catherine placed her hand on my palm, and we looked at each other as we walked out alone.

When I put my hand on her waist, Katrin’s cheeks turned a little red.

Breathing in admiration for her lovely figure echoed here and there.

As we slowly moved our bodies to the music, people’s eyes followed the two of us.

In it, Prince Robert’s was also mixed.

Today, his partner is a rumored baroness girl.

However, the Crown Prince’s eyes were always on Catherine.

It follows Catherine’s every move like a sticky spider web.

He hid it well, but if he paid a little attention, it would be easy to find out.

His eyebrows naturally furrowed in displeasure.

But Katrin didn’t know that at all, and just seemed happy to dance with me.

The eyes twinkle like stars.

smiling broadly

Catherine, wouldn’t it be nice to have a little sense of crisis? that’s too slow

It seems that such a word will come out without me knowing.

The music is over before I know it, but Katrin’s feet don’t seem to rest.

Her eyes were begging to continue.

I had no choice but to dance one more song.

It was around the time that the people spinning around like flower petals and the laughter of the people filling the banquet hall were slowly ripening.

It looks like someone is fighting outside the hall.

A rough voice was heard.

The voices of the people from near the entrance fell silent, and a strange silence pervaded the hall.

Some of the dancers also stop moving.

These are the people close to the entrance.

Katrin and I also stopped walking.

The music of the musicians had also ceased before I knew it.

“If you block it any further, you’ll see blood right here! Do you want to shed my dirty blood on the splendid palace?”

A shout was heard, and after a while several men entered the hall.

“Kyaa!”

“oh my god!”

“Why is that?”

The frightened screams of the women echoed through the hall.

I looked at the men as I held Catherine in one arm.

The men were covered in blood as if they had just fought.